Viewer’s Guide for The Times of Harvey Milk
See a copy in the Video Library or it may be found as follows:
Found for rent on Hulu at www.hulu.com/watch/234255 and other sites such as Amazon for rent or sale. NOTE: Wikopedia says of the film: The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival,[1] and then on November 1, 1984 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.[2][3] The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham. In 2012, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[4] Also, The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984,[5] and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival, among other awards.[6] The film closely follows the incidents concerning the murder of George Moscone, mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, the first openly gay member of the board of supervisors, at the hands of Dan White, disenfranchised board member in 1978.
These incidents are the subject of Emily Mann’s moving play Execution of Justice. Note the different way the play deals with this subject, owing in no small measure to the limitations of stage plays, and the way Epstein relays on visual and aural records in his documentary. Both works are very powerful but very different renderings of these tragic events.
Among the most shocking result of the murder trial, White, who had served as a policeman and a fireman, was convicted and sent to prison for a mere seven years but spent only five years in jail. He committed suicide two years after his release.
See a copy in the Video Library or it may be found as follows:
Found for rent on Hulu at www.hulu.com/watch/234255 and other sites such as Amazon for rent or sale.
NOTE: Wikopedia says of the film: The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival,[1] and then on November 1, 1984 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.[2][3] The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham.
In 2012, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[4] Also, The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984,[5] and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival, among other awards.[6]
The film closely follows the incidents concerning the murder of George Moscone, mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, the first openly gay member of the board of supervisors, at the hands of Dan White, disenfranchised board member in 1978.
These incidents are the subject of Emily Mann’s moving play Execution of Justice. Note the different way the play deals with this subject, owing in no small measure to the limitations of stage plays, and the way Epstein relays on visual and aural records in his documentary. Both works are very powerful but very different renderings of these tragic events.
Among the most shocking result of the murder trial, White, who had served as a policeman and a fireman, was convicted and sent to prison for a mere seven years but spent only five years in jail. He committed suicide two years after his release.
Consider the play after seeing the documentary.